[DeTomaso] BRAKE HELP NEEDED

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Best?  gripping pads?

for street/track use, I'm using Porterfield R4-S.  I'm sure there are 
other brands and compounds that are better.  But you'll have to define 
"grip" first.  Street use, track use, mixed?

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 6/13/2012 7:00 PM, Rob Dumoulin wrote:
> What are the nest-gripping pads for stock Girlings?
> On Jun 13, 2012 4:48 PM,<JDeRyke at aol.com>  wrote:
>
>> Chris, what pads do you run? Wilwood usually incudes polymatrix pads with
>> their calipers which are a hard, long-lasting pad but not necessarily the
>> best stoppers. I like Porterfield R-4 S pads.
>> Another thing to look for is glazing of the rotors from lack of proper
>> bedding of the pads. In this month's Hot Rod mag, a '64 Pontiac GTO had
>> full
>> aftermarket brakes and he couldn't stop the car rollng off a trailer! The
>> fixes
>> (multiple, by a pro) were enlightening. You're going about this correctly
>> IMHO- doing research before throwing money at the problem. Good luck- J
>> Deryke
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